Course catalogs to be online only
Apr. 10, 2007Ohio University will replace the printed course catalogs with a program that makes the catalogs accessible through the university Web site by next fall.
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OU students' TV usage falls below American average
Apr. 10, 2007Americans sure love their TV, but Ohio University students do not watch as much as the typical American household, a recent survey shows.
Changing channels
Apr. 10, 2007As it prepares to rework the campus television network this summer, Ohio University has gathered student opinions about changing channels.
Property taxes drag teachers' salaries below average
Apr. 10, 2007Although Ohio teachers have the 13th highest salaries in the nation, average salaries for teachers in Athens County are almost 20 percent lower than the state average, a disparity local school officials attribute to an over-reliance on property taxes.
Editorial: Definite possibility
Apr. 10, 2007Faculty within the Russ College of Engineering recently evaluated Dean Dennis Irwin. About one third of the faculty responded to the study, but 44 percent of that one third spoke loud and clear by suggesting a study be conducted to decide Irwin's reappointment as dean. This does not come off as extremely surprising, after the plagiarism scandal, a professor arrested for alleged cocaine distribution and lawsuits from an industrial accident.
Softball doubleheader canceled
Apr. 10, 2007The Ohio softball team's doubleheader with Youngstown State scheduled for today has been canceled. The games will not be made up.
Pride Week celebrates LGBT, civic involvement
Apr. 10, 2007The contributions that local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have made to their neighborhoods, cities and country will be acknowledged during this year's Pride Week, which kicks off today and continues until next Friday.
Your Turn: Forum explores overlooked questions
Apr. 10, 2007I believe the upcoming Veritas Forum might possibly be the most revolutionary event at Ohio University. In the academic climate at our school, spiritual topics are rarely discussed, rarely explored through deep questions and rarely unify the community we live in. Yet, the Veritas Forum strives to counter this spiritual taboo. Rather than setting tough questions aside and deciding that everyone's right
Forum seeks to explore truth, religion at OU
Apr. 9, 2007Questions about the meaning of life and the presence of a higher power are common among people of all faiths. Although significant inquiries, they are not always easy to discuss or to introduce into conversation.
Your Turn: Student center and its pool tables should be accessible to public
Apr. 9, 2007I've been willing to give the university the benefit of the doubt in regards to the abundant negativity that it has become associated with it and, after initial concerns, was also warming up to the new Baker University Center primarily in regards to the Front Room, food court and billiards room. At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, let me say that I first played on the old Baker Center pool tables as early as 1964 when visiting my older brother and that a total of four of my family members are OU alumni.
Local schools cut teachers
Apr. 9, 2007BODY: Athens County school districts have turned to teacher cuts to help eliminate or prevent debt, but local student-to-teacher ratios almost always remained below the state average during the past five years.
Ohio, Hocking ease transfer process
Apr. 9, 2007An articulation agreement between Ohio University and Hocking College will simplify the transfer process for OU's No. 1 contributor of transfer students.
Ohio rests after triple-header in preparation for Duquesne
Apr. 9, 2007During a stoppage in the third game of Ohio's triple-header against Ball State on Sunday, center fielder Willie Walker laid down in the outfield grass.
Council green-lights cell tower
Apr. 9, 2007Verizon Wireless will be able to build a cell phone tower on top of the city parking garage after Athens City Council voted yesterday to authorize the 10-year agreement.
Slugger should be praised, not shunned, for breaking milestone
Apr. 9, 2007Get those hate letters ready, baseball purists. Work on those boos, National League fans across the country. Keep your summer schedule busy, Mr. Selig.
Tuesdays with Rainy: Sinking into culture leads to true understanding, appreciation
Apr. 9, 2007Change is good. Sometimes.
Recycling truck driver likely to face charges
Apr. 9, 2007Charges could soon be filed against the driver of a recycling truck that backed into an Ohio University student between Alden Library and Ellis Hall on March 30.
Your Turn: Off-campus community programs very important to university life
Apr. 9, 2007With budget cuts looming nearby, it would be an absolute degradation to off-campus students to lose valuable programs through the Off-Campus and Community Services office. In the less than two years that the Community Assistant program has been in place at OU, it has quickly become nationally recognized as a trailblazer among programs of its kind. As a current CA and off-campus resident, the response I've received from fellow students has been overwhelmingly positive. Not only do we build community off-campus through social events, but we help students transition to a more independent living situation, either by informing them of not-so-obvious noise and trash laws or empowering them to demand clean and safe housing from their landlords.
Editorial: Service drive restriction
Apr. 9, 2007Misato Kawamura, a 19-year-old student from Japan, had just completed her first week at OU. Then on March 30, a recycling truck backed over her as she tried to cross the service drive between Ellis Hall and Alden Library. Kawamura suffered leg and pelvic bone fractures and might have to use a wheelchair for three months.
